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USS WORDEN (DD-352)

CLASS - FARRAGUT As Built.
Displacement 1365 Tons, Dimensions, 341' 3" (oa) x 34' 3" x 16' 4" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 0.5" MG, 8 x 21" tt.(4x2).
Machinery, 42,800 SHP; Curtis Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.5 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 160.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Puget Sound Navy Yard December 29 1932.
Launched October 27 1934 and commissioned January 15 1935.
Fate Grounded and lost off Amchitka Aleutians January 12 1943.
14 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.

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Worden 85kPhoto #: NH 101, Rear Admiral John L. Worden, USN photographed in full dress uniform by F.M. Zuller, Richfield Springs, New York, and the U.S. Naval Academy, April 1873.Tony Cowart
Worden 127kUndated, location unknown.-
Worden 147kUndated, pre World War II.Marc Piché
Worden 76kUSS Worden (DD-352) underway in harbor, September 1935. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fred Weiss
Worden 118kDestroyer Squadron Twenty (DesRon 20), five of the squadron's ships moored together, circa 1936. The destroyers are (from left to right): USS Dewey (DD-349), USS Farragut (DD-348), USS Worden (DD-352), USS Hull (DD-350) and USS Aylwin (DD-355). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Worden 59kUSS Monaghan (DD-354), USS Dale (DD-353) and USS Worden (DD-352) of DesRon 20 steaming in line abreast for a Movietone News camera, September 1936, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Worden 103kUSS Dobbin (AD-2) photographed circa 1937, with several destroyers alongside. They include (from left to right): USS Phelps (DD-360), USS Worden (DD-352), USS MacDonough (DD-351), USS Dewey (DD-349) and USS Hull (DD-350). Note that some of these ships' hull numbers are painted close to the waterline, while others are about midway between the boot topping and the weather deck. Courtesy of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, USN (Retired), 1963. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Worden 107kFleet Maneuvers, May 1937 Three destroyers speed into position in the battle line, during annual U.S. Fleet maneuvers. They are, from left to right): USS Hull (DD-350), USS Worden (DD-352) and USS Macdonough (DD-351). Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Collection, Annapolis, Maryland. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Worden 87kUSS Worden (DD-352) at anchor, circa late 1930s (USN Photo No NH 97952).Robert Hurst
Worden 110kUSS Worden (DD-352) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 November 1942. Note barrage balloons aloft in the distance. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.Fred Weiss
Worden 120kUSS Warden (DD-352) At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 November 1942. USS St. Louis (CL-49) is in the background. Circles mark recent shipyard alterations to Warden. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.Fred Weiss
Worden 132kStarboard bow plan view looking aft of Cimarron (AO-22) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 26 November 1942. The destroyer berthed to starboard of Cimarron is Worden (DD-352).Roel Bakels
Worden 127kPhoto #: 80-G-75586: Loss of USS Worden (DD-352), Worden being abandoned, after going aground in Constantine Harbor during the occupation of Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on 12 January 1943. Note men in the water near the landing craft in the foreground, and steam pouring from Worden's stacks and midships area. Fourteen of her crewmen were lost in the icy waters in this incident. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Scott Dyben
Worden 71kThe USS Worden (DD-352) caught by the rocks off Kiriloff Point after leaving Constantine Harbour.Robert Hurst
Worden 41kThe USS Worden (top) hard and fast on Amchitka's rocks. Her crew was rescued (center), but the ship lost. Racked by heavy seas, she broke in two.Robert Hurst

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